Daily Archives: April 25, 2024

Music Industry Moves: Benny Blanco to Be Honored With President’s Award at 2024 BMI Pop Awards

BMI is honoring songwriter, producer and artist Benny Blanco with the President’s Award at the organization’s 2024 Pop Awards. As a songwriter, record producer and artist, Blanco has crafted hits like “Diamonds” by Rihanna, “Circus” by Britney Spears and “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5

Emily Blunt Says Algorithms ‘Frustrate Me’ and ‘I Hate That F—ing Word’: ‘How Can We Let It Determine What Will Be Successful?’

Emily Blunt seems staunchly opposed to algorithms making any decisions in Hollywood. Ahead of the release of her summer tentpole “The Fall Guy,” the Oscar nominee joined co-star Ryan Gosling for a Vanity Fair Italy cover story in which she expressed frustration over algorithm-driven decision

Jensen Ackles Joins Justin Hartley in ‘Tracker’ at CBS

UPDATED: Jensen Ackles is set to guest star in the CBS drama series “Tracker.” Series lead Justin Hartley revealed the news in a video posted to his official Instagram. In the video, Hartley teases that they have found the “perfect casting choice” to play Russell

‘Boy Kills World’ Director on Making Sure the Hyperviolent Revenge Epic Wasn’t ‘Overly Sadistic’ and How Sam Raimi Helped Him Avoid Censorship

German director Moritz Mohr’s feature debut is the colorful and bloody revenge tale “Boy Kills World,” which opens Friday in theaters. Bill Skarsgård plays the titular character, a mute fighter hellbent on revenge, complete with a dry inner monologue voiced by H. Jon Benjamin. As

‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Stars Jayden Revri and George Rexstrew on Going to Hell and Edwin’s Soul-Bearing Confession to Charles

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the entire first season of “Dead Boy Detectives,” now streaming on Netflix. A good friend answers when you call. A best friend goes to literal Hell to save you from a giant spider made of charred doll parts

The Top 5 Digital Media Marketing Trends in 2024 for Gen Z and Millennials Show a Streaming ‘Crisis,’ the Power of Fandom and Much More

At Variety’s 2024 Entertainment Marketing Summit, Andrew Wallenstein, president and chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform, sat down with Jana Arbanas, vice chair and Deloitte’s US Telecom, Media, and Entertainment sector leader, to discuss the background and themes of Deloitte’s annual digital media trends.

Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music Honor John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, Mavis Staples and Dion DiMucci in New Jersey

Moments after being honored at the American Music Honors of the Bruce Springsteen Archives, John Mellencamp took a moment to talk about its namesake at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theater in West Long Branch on Wednesday night (April 24). “I know you all love him,” he

Jessica Lange Says ‘Corporate Profit’ Is Overwhelming Hollywood and ‘So Much of the Industry Now Is Not About the Creative Process’

Jessica Lange spoke critically of present-day Hollywood during a recent interview with Vulture, saying “there should be a law against it” when the topic came up about Warner Bros. Discovery axing already-shot movies like “Batgirl” and “Coyote vs. Acme” for tax write-off purposes. This topic